{"id":5997,"date":"2025-07-10T09:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=5997"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:40:33","slug":"missing-minute-in-epstein-jail-video-fuels-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=5997","title":{"rendered":"Missing minute in Epstein jail video fuels speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"
Conservative influencers have accused US President Donald Trump\u2019s attorney general of mishandling the investigation into the disgraced financier\u2019s last hours<\/div>\n
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A still from a surveillance video released by the US authorities in connection to Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s death.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a9\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0US DOJ<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The 11-hour surveillance video recorded near Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s jail cell contained a minute-long gap, fueling further speculation about the circumstances surrounding the notorious pimp\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

According to the US Department of Justice and the FBI, Epstein committed suicide at a Manhattan correctional facility on August 10, 2019, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.<\/p>\n

However, some have claimed that the late financier and registered sex offender\u00a0could have been murdered, possibly by wealthy and powerful people he supplied with underage girls.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the DOJ and the FBI released a two-page memo on the Epstein affair along with the surveillance footage. The video offered only a partial view of a stairwell leading to Epstein\u2019s confinement in the prison\u2019s Special Housing Unit, rather than the cell itself. The footage abruptly skips from 11:58pm on August 9 to 12:00am on August 10.<\/p>\n

The review concluded that no\u00a0\u201cclient list\u201d<\/em>\u00a0of Epstein\u2019s pedophile ring ever existed and found no evidence of blackmail. There were no grounds to investigate uncharged third parties, the memo stated.<\/p>\n

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The findings contradicted previous statements by US Attorney General Pam Bondi, who had claimed that the client list was\u00a0\u201csitting on [her] desk,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0while the FBI had turned over a\u00a0\u201ctruckload\u201d<\/em>\u00a0of materials. She also accused the previous administration of hiding evidence.<\/p>\n

During a government meeting on Tuesday, Bondi denied that the gap in the security footage was suspicious. She appeared to walk back her earlier remarks about the\u00a0\u201cclient list,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0saying she was referring only to some files related to the Epstein case.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a minute that was off the counter, and what we learned from the Bureau of Prisons is every night they redo that video. So every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Bondi explained.<\/p>\n

Several popular conservative influencers, including President Donald Trump\u2019s former adviser Steve Bannon, have criticized Bondi and federal law enforcement for mishandling the investigation.\u00a0\u201cWe have to take these apparatuses down,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n

Journalist Tucker Carlson described the Epstein memo as a\u00a0\u201ccover-up\u201d<\/em>\u00a0after it was released. Podcast host Liz Wheeler and influencers Keith and Kevin Hodge have called on Bondi to be removed from office.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one is believing the Epstein coverup, President Trump. This will be part of your legacy. There\u2019s still time to change it,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0political commentator Mike Cernovich wrote on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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